Unlike an integrated medical group, IPA participating physicians maintain their separate medical practices, and use the IPA vehicle to pursue managed care contracts that they could not obtain on their own. Learn more about independent practice associations here: Forming A Specialty IPA California Physician, December 1993

Physicians who are considering forming a new medical group or merging two or more existing groups need to understand that the process is complex. To succeed, physicians must handle group formations with great care. A common and costly mistake is to create the group without proper planning and preparation. Read…